Why is culture important from a unifying perspective?
In contemporary times, when nuclear families are becoming the norm and regional migrations are common, the presence of cultural values help to unite people separated by distances or difference in mindsets. People belonging to a community enriched with cultural aspects such as celebration of common festivals share a common bond that helps to unite them in an unspoken but effective manner. Following a community’s traditions means that the community members share various aspects like cooking recipes, sense of dressing and the manner of communicating which help in creating a sense of commonness and hence, unity. People who migrate away from their homeland are able to sustain a sense of being connected with their family and their community if they continue to practice the traditions which have seeped into their lives as cultural values. Culture is often defined as an invisible, social-control mechanism wherein people start interpreting the cultural values that have passed on to them as the
